Four-horse evener.



K. APPENHEIMER.

FOUR HORSE EVENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-l3. 1913.

I Kawl ApperzlqeJmen Patented May 9, 1916.

' INVENTOR Attorney.

KARL APPENI-IEIMER, OF MARKINCH, SASKATCHEWAN, CAlTADAl' FOUR-HORSE EVENER.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented May Q, 19ft).

Application filed August 13, 1918. Serial No. 784,559.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, KARL APPENHEIMER, of the village of Markinch, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FOUY-TTOFSB Eveners, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to four horse even ers especially adapted for use with plows and other such like farm machines, and the object of the invention is to provide a four horse evener which will provide an even pull and prevent, any of the draft animals from walking on the plowed land in instances where the eveneris used with a plow.

A further object of the invention is to provide an evener which will prevent seesawing and sudden side strain when employed.

"With the above objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and constructions of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claim.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the evener assembled. Fig. 2 is a plan side and end view of the main draw beam. Fig. 3 is a plan and side view of the short evener bar. Fig. 62 is a plan and side viewof the clevis. Figs. 5 and 6 are plan and side views of the side braces.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A represents a main draft beam which has in the present instance five holes drilled therein as indicated at a b, 0, (Z and 6, these holes being located at certain distances from each other to give the )I'OPQI balancing efiect as later explained. The usual doubletrces (not shown) are attached by means of suitable bolts -(not shown) to the ends of the draft beam, these bolts passing through the openings 64 and e.

D and E are side braces provided with openings 5 h and (Z i at their ends. These braces are fastened pivotally to the draft beam by bolts or spread keys, said bolts passing through the openings cl Z) appearing both in thebrace bars and the draft beam;

C is an evener bar having end openings It 1' corresponding to those it 71 located in ends of the braces D and E. This bar is also provided with an opening 9. This bar is bent as shown and has the ends thereof pivotally fastened to the braces D and E by bolts or spread keys passing through the openings it and i supplied in the bar and the braces.

13 is a clevis having, the opposing jaws thereof fitted with curved slots f and also openings 9 which latter openings correspond with the opening 5 in the bar C. The jaws of the clevis are arranged to span both the bar C and the draft beam A. The clevis is fastened to the bar by a bolt passing through the openings 9 supplied in said bar and also in the jaws of the clevis. This bolt is necessarily heavier than the other bolts as it takes a greater proportion of'the. strain of the draft. A further bolt is passed through the opening 0 in the draft beam, which bolt extends into and through the slots f in the clevis.

In actual practice when the draft animals are attached by means of the double trees to the ends of thedraft beam it will be seen that the team hitched to the left hand or longer end of the beam A draw through the,

allows three of the draft animals to walk.

on the landside and one in the furrow while evenly distributing the draft through the equalizer. The slots j are curved to allow the clevis to work back and forth smoothly on the bolt passing through the opening 0.

crossing the beam and disposed at an angle Signed at Winnipeg this 9th day of I to the line of draft, a bolt passing through 7 August 1913. the beam and having the ends thereof slidably received Within the slots, a bolt con- KARL APPENHEIMER' 5 necting the evener bar pivotally to the clevis In the presence ofand a hitching swivel located at the rear' G. S. ROXBURGH,

end of the clevis. J. M. LEPLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

